A Bit East-coast: stampin up

case study challenge #166

Here is week two of the Case Study Challenge! The inspiration piece is the last photo posted...I like to stay pretty true to my original design, I made slight changes here & there. I changed the flag on the pin with a word diecut and the mini double tags instead of the flag banners. OK, you can play along if you wish-creating it's so much easier when you have a bit of inspiration!

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Jill Shivers said:

What do you use to make the two slits in the beautiful gold leaves. Just great. I like the diffrent textures of gold. I can think of a million uses for those little holes.

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Hello Jill....thank you! I used a hand slot punch from Michael's. It is perfect for making banners/garlands!

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Thankful.

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Over the weekend I grabbed a few sheets of my favorite gold glitter & mirrored papers from Michael's-since they were on sale. I made a few Thanksgiving decorations with the golden papers & my Big Kick-a garland and some framed art. I only wish that my photos turned out better, I tried & tried! It is so hard (for me) taking photos of things with lots of white. Argh!

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Case Study November Guest

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This month I am guesting on the Case Study blog, something that you could play along with! Each Thursday this month the Case Study blog will use a card of mine as inspiration-join in if you wish!! I will also be playing along with my new takes on my cards, lol!! Here is the first challenge based on the 'happy' card at the end of this post, I stayed pretty true to the original design. It was really exciting to see how the DT was inspired by my card, and I look forward to seeing what the Case Study blog fans come up with.

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TCD's-You Are my Happy papers & heart, Family Story stamps
MFT's-bow die, frame die, letters die, circle die; StampinUp love die

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halloween signs.

.[halloween signs].

Hello, Happy Monday...

This weekend I was able to make something! This is a play off a Valentine love signs I did last year, I thought I would do a Halloween version(and soon a Christmas one). The signs are double-sided with a different version on each side. It has a modern clean look, I really want to make a few more! I also made the skull/butterfly banner last week.

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swheet said:

congrats on being a guest designer! and your cards are gorgeous! a very refreshing twist to red and green holiday cards. Love what you used, and the how your cards came together! Bravo!

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swheet said:

this halloween book is GREAT! love how you used those traditional orange and black color combo, but made it look so grand! GREAT WORK!

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Thanks, Sweet!! I hope you will like the other cards I have in store! And that album is my favorite-it wasn't easy keeping it on the simple side!

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a Halloween mini.

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Today I posted this on the TCD's DT blog. This album features the TCD's Masquerade line, and I finally used my Zutter to bind the album. I haven't made a mini album in a while, mostly because I used up my little album stash. This is why I purchased a Zutter last month, I love the fact that I can make up a album in any size when I need one. I tried real hard not to make this album too bulky-but I do LOVE pop dots. I am also happy I was able to use some of my most favorite Halloween photos of the girls from 2yrs ago. I hope that this year I can take photos that are just as good-I will have to do some major bribing.

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creepy crawly.

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Sometimes it takes me a while to finish something, argh. Like these two cards! The black card has been on my desk for a couple of weeks, this week I added the 'boo' and the dot die-cut border. The spider card didn't take as long-but it did take a few days for me to work it out! What helped me finish these cards up was my new MFT border dies that came in the mail last week-I just happened to discover them in their "sale" section. They are a steal at $2 & $4-you better go grab'em before they are gone! The dot & mini dot are still there, the notch is gone. I love a good deal. Oh, and the new TCD's Masquerade line is on sale too...

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TCD's Masquerade line

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beware.

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This weekend I was in the mood to make a few Halloween cards. I had some new Halloween stamps and new dies I wanted to use asap! I especially love my new Spellbinders mini tag dies. They are so perfect everything!!

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Nadine6.blogspot.com said:

Hello Keisha, I love your card making style and the way you show them on your blog. Had to choose one of them as the inpiration card over at the liftchallenge blog. If you like to see our cards based on your card, please visit liftchallenge.blogspot.com. Have a nice day and keep inspiring us, thanks a lot for sharing your beautiful creations!

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Thank you Nadine! I took a look at the blog to see what you all created-they were wonderful!! I am so glad you all lifted one of my most favorite cards.

Liz H said:

I love these, Keisha! That's a good idea, too. My husband always asks me at the last possible to minute to make cards for him, but they're not even half as good as these! I especially love the gold butterflies and feathers. How did you make them?!?

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Hey Liz...thanks!!! Those butterflies were made using Stampin Up 'beautiful wings' die(tiny butterflies), 'beautiful butterflies' die(larger butterflies), Memory Bx 'moonlight' butterfly. And the fethers are My Favorite Things.

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whatever cards.

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This week I made some cards that can be used for whatever the situation might call for-to have on-hand. I can add whatever sentiment to them when needed. I like have extra cards around just in case I need it-sometimes my pre-made bday card might be too colorful...or I might have used all my 'thank you' cards. It's good to have a few cards that don't have a specific sentiment already on them stashed away!

I used TCD's Memorabilia paper line for these cards.

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color inspiration.

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I was totally inspired by something I saw on Pinterest for these cards-it was the colors that caught my eye. My inspiration also used hexagons, so I had to use them! To see my inspiration look on the left sidebar on my blog or in my Pins...

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Mary Kammer Raider said:

Gorgeous...as always. : ) I have been following you for years...I love your style!!! Love what you created with these new TC collections...I am definitely going to be purchasing a bunch when it is available...my wallet is in trouble. : ) Thanks for sharing your creations...

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Thanks Mary! My wallet is always in trouble...the things I want is never ending!!

Angela M said:

Keisha, Everything is so pretty. Your designs make me excited for the upcoming holidays!

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Angela...Good to know I am not the only one excited about the coming holidays!

Crumleyl said:

Keisha! LOVE your BOO cards...Halloween is coming soon....I would love to see what you could do with Tim Holtz' line (halloween) sometime.....love it!

Reply | Edit | View | Jul 26, 2013 on Teresa Collins Desi…

Luci...OMG, I am hoping that I can find it lss...the skull and cross bones-LOVE'em!!

Joy Gissing said:

I love it when you do a tutorial showing us how you did something. So wish you would do video tutorials. Love your beautiful work.

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Thank you Joy...I will try to do more...it's hard for me to do things with steps. But I will really try.

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new cards.

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I have been MIA(sorry) spending time with my family-lots of couch time with LaVaughn. We went through 2 seasons of The Killing and the first season of House of Cards on Netflix.

Today I went into my studio and made two cards with new TCD's Masquerade and Memorabilia lines...I LOVE the skeleton stamp,I was a bit heavy on the inking-oops!